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While the lyrics to "John Brown" are original, the melody is based on "900 Miles", a well-known song in the US folk music community; [a] about half of that tune is also found in the traditional song "Reuben's Train". [4] When the song was published in Broadside magazine in March 1963, an accompanying note read "Tune, much like '900 Miles'." [5]
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"A Thousand Miles" is a piano-driven pop song supported by a string orchestral arrangement. Carlton says that the song was inspired by a crush she had on a Juilliard student (who is now a "very famous actor") whom she met while she was attending the School of American Ballet.
"Satin Sheets" is a song written by John Volinkaty, and originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard on their March 1972 duet album, Bill & Jan or (Jan & Bill). It was then famously covered by American country music artist Jeanne Pruett in February 1973 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name .
"99 Miles from L.A." is a 1975 single written by Albert Hammond and Hal David and performed by Hammond. The song was Hammond's only number one on the Easy Listening chart as well as his most successful release on the chart. "99 Miles from L.A." spent one week at number one and peaked at number ninety-one on the Billboard Hot 100 .
The lyrics as given in The Scottish Students' Song Book of 1897 are as follows: [3] Sing Ho! for a brave and a valiant bark, And a brisk and lively breeze, A jovial crew and a Captain too, to carry me over the seas, To carry me over the seas, my boys, To my true love so gay, She has taken a trip on a gallant ship Ten thousand miles away. Refrain
"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1956 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. [ 1 ] The sequel, "Daddy's Home," also written by Sheppard and performed by his group Shep and the Limelites, was released in 1961.
Callier started recording as a teenager for Chess Records in 1962 but did not record an album for the first two years he was a professional musician. [4] The album was recorded by Samuel Charters, who courted Callier to come to Prestige in 1964 but after the sessions, he ran off to Mexico, delaying the actual album release from 1965 [5] to 1968. [3]